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Feathers came before birds, finds study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 14 (ANI): A new study has discovered that feathers came into being around 100 million years before birds, thus changing our understanding of feathers themselves, their functions and their role in evolution.
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WB: BSF seizes foreign birds in North 24 Parganas
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday seized 70 foreign birds which were smuggled to North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal from neighbouring Bangladesh.
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Comic-Con 2019: 'It: Chapter Two' coming to ScareDiego, Warner Bros., DC s
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 6 (ANI): This year's Comic-Con will miss an annual tradition as Warner Bros. is skipping its Saturday morning presentation in Hall H. The studio's upcoming projects - 'The Joker', 'Birds of Prey' and 'Wonder Woman 1984' will not be debuting any new footage at the
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Privately owned working landscape can support diverse bird species: Study
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [ USA], June 5 (ANI): According to a recent study by a university in California, it has been found that the fragmented and privately owned forest cover in Costa Rica can be a home to many vulnerable bird species.
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Mass die-off of puffin birds linked to climate change
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], June 2 (ANI): Birds like puffins are dying in alarming numbers owing to climate change, suggests researchers.
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Baby tiger sharks eat terrestrial birds, study finds
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 26 (ANI): Researchers found a surprising factor in the diets of baby tiger sharks. Other than seabirds like gulls or pelicans they were found consuming terrestrial birds like songbirds.
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Researchers forecast worldwide move towards smaller birds, mammals
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 25 (ANI): In the future, small, fast-lived, highly-fertile, insect-eating animals which can thrive in a wide variety of habitats will predominate, a recent study suggests.
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Under 'bird housing scheme', this Jaipur man has set up 800 nests across c
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 18 (ANI): Providing accommodation for birds by setting up artificial nests is a unique endeavour this bird lover from Jaipur has embarked on.
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NMCG resolves to reduce plastic pollution, help save waterbirds
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Eliminating single-use plastics can help save the lives of waterbirds, lakhs of whom fall prey to the devastating impact of plastic pollution and die, according to experts.
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Unique evolution process caused extinct bird species to return: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): The rise from extinction of a flightless bird species in the Indian Ocean was possible due to a rare evolutionary process called 'Iterative Evolution' says a new report.
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Climate change could be reason for nimal-to-human disease transfer: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 3 (ANI): Climate change might affect the occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola. The researchers have been looking at how climate change and other environmental factors provide opportunities for animal-to-human diseases to interact and infect new host s
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Nepal records first death from bird flu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 3 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population on Thursday confirmed the first death related due to bird flu in the country.
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